I would be happier if ATS had an ad in its place selling mugs and T shirts etc and I`d hope they make a dollar for it.

You know in fact they do sell Mugs and T shirts on this site, I hope that long time members buy these. I know I want to buy a couple of things but im
a broke mo fo.

In the GEAR tab at the very top of every page is the ATS gear store
where members can actually purchase merchandise with spiffy ATS logos on em.

Anyway, yes again suprisingly ATS is a business, they have a business plan. They in fact are here not only to allow us the means to have our theories
heard across a wide audiance, they also want to make a profit in doing so. This isnt a wrong thing to do.

The Amigos have sunk there lives into this venture. For what? because they have a product they believe in. They have a website that is viewed by
thousands and thousands of people levery day. Because they have a product that is proving successfull does not mean they have sold out, it doesn't
make this a bad place. It means that they have created a product that is wanted. They should succeed in this buisness. Instead of charging members for
the privilage of posting content online, they do that for free and get revinue from advertisers via the google
AdSense network. Hoepfully on the per-impression kind of advertising.

Now, they have come out with a book, yes a book, a book created by a member, about this site. A book with content from this site. They want to reach
the largest audiance they possibly can, to read your work. a book that can reach an audiance perhaps that don't go online very often.

Your posts and threads drive this business, without you there would be no ATS. This advertising is also a thank you to
Jim Marrs who has created a lot of good material on this site. Jim Marrs is an old school conspiracy
theorist, one of the best researchers in the business. A professional.

A coloabrative effort like this should be lauded, not condemned. This is a great thing, I wholeheartedly thank Mr. Marrs and the Amigos for their
efforts in creating this website, and having the absolute dedication they have to making this site the best place to find and discuss issues that are
important to people who think for themselves.

Hello again ATS it has been a long time since i could post.... This is constantwonder and ive been unable to log into the account named
constantwonder for almost 2 weeks after working with the mods to fix this for a quite a time now i decided to go ahead and create an new account.
Anyway my issue is my loss of points and applause. Is there anyway that my points on constantwonder can be transferred to this account and
constantwonder be terminated..... which really breaks my heart i was just starting to garner some real friends and now must start over completely help
me out please :'(

It is with regret that Now THAT'S Weird's official forum will be leaving www.abovetopsecret.com within the next two weeks. The new official forum
will be on our website at ******

I have had a few things to say about ATS of late in respect of over-moderation, deleted posts, too many deleted "off topic posts" and even a very
rude U2U from one of their directors "*****".

I posted this in the ATS forums but expect it to be removed minutes after posting lol!

This was the U2U received from them this morning:-

(see NOMADRUSH's blog - I can't post it because of censorship)

Once again corporate matters and income overtake the seeking of the truth - we've seen it all before on forums that grow so big. Unfortunately
everyone has their price.

I have enjoyed my time on ATS, and when I joined it, it was a great forum, unfortunately as I leave it I believe it is not.

The way they attached themselves to Robbie Williams when he joined their forums was at first a bit sad, but now I see why - having struck a deal with
the "William Morris Agency" since his involvement!!

I have given a lot of free publicity to ATS over the years on my radio show and now on my TV show and am upset at the awful way I have been treated of
late.

I have had the displeasure of seeing some of Nomadrush's posts deleted, sometimes while I was in the middle of replying to it. In my opinion he is a
valued member of this board and, through his connections and his work, has provided much free advertising and press for ATS, as well as provided much
content to be debated about on this forum.

Why he would be treated with such disregard is beyond me and truthfully makes me think twice about the agenda behind this entire website. I would very
much like to be proven wrong on this however.

Of course, I understand that, and admittedly I am coming from a relatively uninformed point of view. I happen to really respect the guy though and I
would hope that those rules have not been applied in a manner unbecoming of their meaning is all

I am here to support dodgygeeza complaint of ATS over-moderation, deleted posts, and too many deleted "off topic posts".

IT IS ABSURD when I could not get a MOD to Delete my OWN thread ON MY REQUEST while he deletes my own posts on the SAME THREAD I tried to get him to
delete (see thread www.abovetopsecret.com... ).

IT IS ABSURD when I make a thread that gets moved to the RATS forum, a forum I CANT ACCESS. I made the thread, and then IT was taken from me, I
don't care about what points I need to access it, you don't take it away.(see thread Mushroom and the Matrix ).

IT IS ABSOLUTELY ABSURD of the conduct used by Moderators to determine off-topic posts. I am not the only one, and we know there is an obvious abuse
of power going on.

When we make a thread questioning ATS, that is a CONSPIRACY THREAD. The fact that ATS is involved does not make ATS immune to criticism.

ATS is becoming ABSOLUTELY ABSURD and if they are not careful, they will collapse like Lehman.

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